Texas Castillejas

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• Subject: Texas Castillejas
• From: Lee Stone l*@austin.rr.com
• Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:19:00 -0600

TXDOT has only planted Castilleja indivisa (an annual).  We also have in
some prairies  purpurea (a perennial).  That's just central. Can't speak for
the other parts of the state :-)

Lee

on 3/31/03 7:25 PM, James Trager at James.Trager@mobot.org wrote:

> After a consistently cold winter in the St. Louis area, things are finally
> greening up in the burned patches. Erythronium mesochoreum is in bloom and
> Pedicularis canadensis has flower buds. Castilleja coccinea and Phlox pilosa
> have begun to bolt.
> 
> Question: Is the paintbrush along the highways down in Texas C. coccinea or
> another species?
> 
> James T. 

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